Description
Doug Canning breaks radio silence to call the sighting of Admiral Yamamoto’s flight over the pacific island of Bougainville, 18 April 1943.
After a two and a half hour, four hundred mile flight just above the waves, mission leader John Mitchell and his 16 ship raiding party push their P-38s to full power to complete one of the most remarkable ambushes in aviation history.
THE SIGNATURES
This conservation framed print is signed by EIGHT of the P-38 Lightning pilots who flew the most successful intercept mission of World War II:
Colonel JOHN MITCHELL – he flew 457 combat missions in the Pacific and devised and led Operation Vengeance the famous raid to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto in April 1943. He retired as a triple Ace with 15 victories, including 4 MiGs in Korea
Lieutenant Colonel ROGER J. AMES
Colonel REX BARBER – he was credited with the destruction of Admiral Yamamoto’s plane on the famous April 1943 mission, finishing the war as an Ace with 5 victories
Lieutenant Colonel DOUG CANNING
Captain DELTON GOERKE
Captain LARRY GRAEBENER
Major JULIUS JACOBSON
Lieutenant Colonel LOUIS R KITTEL – 5 victories
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